Portable closet seat



W. W. LYNES.

PORTABLE CLOSET SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14, 1921.

Patented Mar. 21, 1922.

Amiva.

; UNITED STATES or fice.

WILLIAM WELLINGTON L-YNES, F KAMELOOPS, BRITISHICOLUMBIA, CANADA.

PORTABLE oLosEr SEA'IH To all 10.710777. it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLIAIi I .l VELLINGToN Lvnrima subject of the King of Great Brltam, and a resident of'the town of Kamloops,

in the Province of British Columbia, Gan-- ada, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Portable Closet Seats, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates toimprovements in closet'seats, and the object ofmy invention is to devise a handy, portable, and sanitary seat capableof being attached with great ease and facilityto the permanent seat of the closet, thus providing a seat'which isof great service andconvenience for childrens use, and the construction of which is ex- 'tremely simple so that it can be manufacturedand soldat a low cost;

Iattain this'object by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Fig. 1. is a perspective View of the seat.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the seat attached to the permanent seat.

Fig. 3 is a front view.

Similar figures of reference indicate similar part throughout the several views.

The device is preferably formed of stout wire or rod and consists of a frame 1 substantially rectangular in formation and of a size to lie on top of a standard closet seat. the space within the frame being filled with the seat 2 of any suitable light but strong material having a seat opening 3. In the side bars 4 and 5 of the frame 1 are formed towards each end of the frame eyes 67 and 8--9 respectively, and pivotally connected at their lower ends to the respective eyes are standards 10, 11, 12, and 13, the right hand standards 10 and 11 and the left hand standards 12 and 13 being connected to each other by longitudinal bars 14 and 15 respectively, the opposite ends of these bars being pivotally connected to their respective standards. If preferred, the rear standards may consist of the upturned opposite ends of a rod 16 passed freely through the eyes 7 and 9, these upturned ends being provided with eyes 17 and 18 and the side bars 1 1 and 15 may consist of the right angled Qends of a rod 19 passed freely through the said eyes 17 and 18, all as shown more particularly in Fig. 1,

Specification of Letters'latent'. Patented Mar, 21,1922, Application filed February 14, '1921. SriaIiZ No. 444,800,: A i

dicated by the dottedlines in Fig. 1,-t0 lie flat on thefranie 1. The rear ends ofthe side b'ars tand5 areextende'd as, at 20land 21, the extensions being eyed at their extremities, as 313522 0116. 23, and swingabl'y CarriedtranSVerSeIy 'of the frame by the eyes 22an'd 23 is a device formed'substantially in themanner of a safety pin, indicatedby then-umeral 24, 25 indicatesa stiffening bar extending between the extensions 20 and 21 and connected thereto by its eyed ends 26 and 27, which eyes engage the extensions ,so asto prevent spreading, while 28 indicates a bar having itsopposite ends turned'at right angles and eye-connected freely to the front part of the frame so that the front part of the frame is, in effect, provided with a swinging loop, indicated by the numeral 30.

31 indicates a portion of the closet bowl, 32 the permanent seat, and 33 the hinged cover. 34 and 35 indicate hooked ends formed on the outer ends of the side rods 14: and 15 which engage the standards 10 and 12 when these are raised to prevent the side arms and the back from falling back.

The device is usually kept folded up, in the manner described and in use, when required, it is positioned with the frame 1 resting on the seat 32, and the loop 30 engaging the front partof the seat, the safetypin device being secured around the rear of the seat, as shown in Fig. 2. The cover 33, which is of course in the raised position, extends between the bar 25 and the front bar 34 of the safety-pin-like member. On then swinging the standards upwardly the back rest and side arms are formed as already mentioned, when the device is ready for use.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have devised a simple, light, and sanitary portable closet seat which is readily secured or removed from place and which is of great utility and convenience.

What I claim as my invention is 1. The combination with a closet bowl and a permanent seat thereof, of a frame adapted to lie on the said permanent seat provided with a supplemental seat, a loop member carried by the front end of said frame adapted to loop over the front end of the permanent seat, and a safety-pin-like member carr 3, The combination with a closet ;permanent seat thereof, ofa frame adapted ried by the rear end of the, frame adapted to engage the rear end of the permanent seat structure.

2., The combination with a closet bowland permanent seat thereof, of a frame adapted to lie on said permanent seat provided with a supplemental seat, a loop inember carried by the, front, end of the permanent seat, a

safety-pin-li'ke member carried by the rear. end of the frame ad'apte'dto engage the rear end of the permanent seat structure, and a collapsible framework carried by the frame .capabl'eof being folded to liethereon, and

by the front end ofsaid'fframeiadapted to loop over the front end of the permanent seat, a safety-pin-like member carried by the rear end i of the, permanent seatfstructure,

and a collapsible frameworl'r carried by the frame capable of being folded to lie thereon and adapted when raised 'to form side arms anda back for the said eat, said framework being provided with means for maintaining it against undue movement backwards.

a. A device of the character described comprising a substantially rectangular open frame, an apertured seat secured therein, attaching devices hinged tothe frame, a supplementary frame presenting a seat back and side arms rigid With'said back, and links foldably connecting said frames.

5. A device of the character described comprising a Wire frame presenting side members having' eye's adjacent the ends thereof, a seat secured in said frame, a supplementary U-shaped frame,and link members pivoted at one end to said supplementary frame and at the opposite end to said first frame.

" 6. A device of the character comprising a wire frame presenting side i described members having eyes adjacent the ends thereof, a seat secured in said frame, a supplementary U-shaped frame, and link members pivoted at one end to said supplementary frame and at the opposite end to said first frame, one of said link members com- Dated at Kamloops, B. 0., this 1st day of February, 1921.

WILLIAM WELLINGTON LYNES. 

